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'Re-Visioning Eden' at UMass Lowell

By Nancye Tuttle, Sun Correspondent

Updated:
09/06/2012 07:11:45 AM EDT

LOWELL -- Photographer Chehalis Hegner has her own ideas about paradise -- and she explores them in her show Re-Visioning in the Garden of Eden, on view through Sept. 21 in the University Gallery at UMass Lowell.

Hegner, new to the art department faculty at UML, is "fantastic" to work with, said gallery director Michele Gagnon. "I'm proud to have the opportunity to install her work in the inaugural show of the new school year."

The retrospective exhibition includes black and white photographs from past portfolios and new experimental work that incorporates various media applied and collaged onto digital photos.

It's intriguing and thought provoking, said Gagnon.

"From the sacred to the profane, Chehalis takes her black and white photographs to a new level, incorporating scraps of Bible verses and torn pages from soft porn magazines. She re-visions her own paradise and purgatory in her multi-leveled art works," she noted.

Hegner is a multi-talented artist with ongoing projects that include striking self-portraits.

"She has an insatiable eye and enjoys working concurrently on multiple portfolio projects," Gagnon said.

An opening reception takes place today from 5-7 p.m., with a gallery talk at 5:30 p.m.

ART TALK: Lowell's Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St., welcomes Faith Andrews Bedford, an expert on American impressionist painter Frank W. Benson, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. Benson was one of a group of artists dubbed The Ten who in 1898 left the Society of American Artists as a protest to the evolving commercialism in the art world. Visit www.whistlerhouse.org or call 978-452-7641.

OUT AND ABOUT: Powers Gallery, 144 Great Road, Acton, presents New Works on Paper 2012, a group show of works running through Oct. 7 in pastel, monotype, mixed media, woodblock prints and more. Opening reception Saturday, Sept. 8, 4-7 p.m. Visit www.powersgallery.com or call 978-263-5105... Artwork by Donna Howard is on view through September at Centro Restaurant and Bar, 24 Market St., Lowell.

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